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Suga S, Kim YG, Joly A, Puchacz E, Kang DH, Jefferson JA, Abraham JA, Hughes J, Johnson RJ, Schreiner GF. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF121) protects rats from renal infarction in thrombotic microangiopathy. Kidney Int 2001; 60:1297-308. [PMID: 11576344 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2001.00935.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Renal thrombotic microangiopathy, typified by the hemolytic uremic syndrome, is associated with endothelial cell injury in which the presence of cortical necrosis, extensive glomerular involvement, and arterial occlusive lesions correlates with a poor clinical outcome. We hypothesized that the endothelial survival factor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) may provide protection. METHOD Severe, necrotizing, thrombotic microangiopathy was induced in rats by the renal artery perfusion of antiglomerular endothelial antibody, followed by the administration of VEGF or vehicle, and renal injury was evaluated. RESULTS Control rats developed severe glomerular and tubulointerstitial injury with extensive renal necrosis. The administration of VEGF significantly reduced the necrosis, preserved the glomerular endothelium and arterioles, and reduced the number of apoptotic cells in glomeruli (at 4 hours) and in the tubulointerstitium (at 4 days). The prosurvival effect of VEGF for endothelium may relate in part to the ability of VEGF to protect endothelial cells from factor-induced apoptosis, as demonstrated for tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), which was shown to be up-regulated through the course of this model of renal microangiopathy. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression was preserved in VEGF-treated rats compared with its marked decrease in the surviving glomeruli and interstitium of the antibody-treated rats that did not receive VEGF. CONCLUSIONS VEGF protects against renal necrosis in this model of thrombotic microangiopathy. This protection may be mediated by maintaining endothelial nitric oxide production and/or preventing endothelial cell death.
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- Division of Nephrology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Kim DJ, Do JH, Huh W, Kim YG, Oh HY. Dissociation between clearances of small and middle molecules in incremental peritoneal dialysis. Perit Dial Int 2001; 21:462-6. [PMID: 11757829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the peritoneal clearance of middle molecules in comparison with the peritoneal clearance of small molecules in incremental peritoneal dialysis (PD). STUDY DESIGN Peritoneal clearances of creatinine and beta2-microgloblulin (B2M) were compared in 57 continuous ambulatory PD patients on full dose of 4 exchanges, and 54 incremental PD patients with 2 or 3 exchanges over 24 hours. Clearances were also compared when there were changes in the PD regimen, such as in the number of exchanges and the duration of the dwell time. SETTING Tertiary-care university hospital. RESULTS Peritoneal creatinine clearance increased almost linearly with the increase in the number of exchanges. In contrast, peritoneal clearance of B2M was 9.1 +/- 3.6 L/week, 8.8 +/- 4.4 L/week, and 7.9 +/- 2.5 L/week with 2,3, and 4 exchanges, respectively, per day, amounts that were not different from each other. Peritoneal clearance of B2M did not change when there was an increase in the number of dialysate exchanges from 2 to 3 and from 3 to 4 over a period of 24 hours; whereas the peritoneal clearance of creatinine increased. Peritoneal clearance of B2M almost doubled, from 5.4 +/- 2.7 L/week with 2 exchanges over 12 hours per day, to 9.5 +/- 4.4 L/week with the same 2 exchanges over 24 hours. The creatinine clearance did not change. CONCLUSION In contrast to peritoneal clearance of small molecules, such as creatinine, which was dependent on the number of dialysate exchanges, peritoneal clearance of middle molecules, such as B2M, depended mainly on the total dwell hours of PD and not on the number of exchanges of peritoneal dialysate in incremental PD. This might be another advantage of incremental PD, since peritoneal clearance of middle molecules in incremental PD over 24 hours can be comparable to that in full dose PD.
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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BACKGROUND Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been utilized in several forms of vasculitis and has many potential mechanisms of action, including the inhibition of C3 activation. We have previously demonstrated that IVIG can reduce glomerular injury in a model of membranous nephropathy mediated by C5b-9 [1]. C5b-9 has also been shown to mediate the thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) induced by antibody to glomerular endothelial cells leading to a hemolytic uremic syndrome-type lesion [2]. METHODS To test the hypothesis that IVIG might be effective in treating antibody-induced TMA, male uninephrectomized rats underwent right renal artery perfusion with goat anti-rat glomerular endothelial cell (GEN) antibody (20 mg/kg). Sheep IgG (200 mg/kg) was administered either 30 minutes before the renal artery perfusion (group I, N = 6) or 30 minutes postperfusion (group II, N = 9). A third control group received phosphate-buffered saline (PBS; group III, N = 12). A survival biopsy was performed at 15 minutes, and the animals were sacrificed on day 2. RESULTS There were no significant differences in proteinuria or hematocrit between the groups. Animals pretreated with IVIG had significantly improved survival and renal function, which was associated with a decrease in glomerular C3 deposition. The protective effect of IVIG was abolished if the administration was delayed 30 minutes after perfusion. CONCLUSIONS IVIG is effective in reducing injury in experimental TMA only if given prophylactically. The effect is mediated by inhibition of local intraglomerular complement activation.
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- Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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AIM Determination of the bioequivalence of 2 clarithromycin tablet formulations manufactured in Korea. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-four healthy male Korean volunteers received each of the 2 clarithromycin formulations at a dose of 250 mg in a 2 x 2 crossover study. There was a one-week washout period between doses. Plasma concentrations of clarithromycin were monitored by high-performance liquid chromatography over a period of 12 hours after administration. AUCinf (the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity) was calculated using the linear-log trapezoidal method. Cmax (maximum plasma drug concentration) and Tmax (time to reach Cmax) were compiled from the plasma concentration-time data. Analysis of variance was carried out using logarithmically transformed AUCinf and Cmax and untransformed Tmax. RESULTS The point estimates and 90% confidence intervals for AUCinf (parametric) and Cmax (parametric) were 0.971 (0.886 approximately 1.063) and 0.982 (0.868 approximately 1.107), respectively, satisfying the bioequivalence criteria of the European Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products and the US Food and Drug Administration guidelines. The corresponding value of Tmax was 0.000 (-0.250 approximately 0.250). CONCLUSION These results indicate that the 2 medications of clarithromycin are bioequivalent and, thus, may be prescribed interchangeably.
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- College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Yongin, Korea
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Adcox K, Adler SS, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Alexander J, Aphecetche L, Arai Y, Aronson SH, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Barrette J, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Baublis V, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Bellaiche FG, Belyaev ST, Bennett MJ, Berdnikov Y, Botelho S, Brooks ML, Brown DS, Bruner N, Bucher D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Burward-Hoy J, Butsyk S, Carey TA, Chand P, Chang J, Chang WC, Chavez LL, Chernichenko S, Chi CY, Chiba J, Chiu M, Choudhury RK, Christ T, Chujo T, Chung MS, Chung P, Cianciolo V, Cole BA, D'Enterria DG, David G, Delagrange H, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dinesh BV, Drees A, Durum A, Dutta D, Ebisu K, Efremenko YV, El Chenawi K, En'yo H, Esumi S, Ewell L, Ferdousi T, Fields DE, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fung SY, Garpman S, Ghosh TK, Glenn A, Godoi AL, Goto Y, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gupta SK, Guryn W, Gustafsson HA, Haggerty JS, Hamagaki H, Hansen AG, Hara H, Hartouni EP, Hayano R, Hayashi N, He X, Hemmick TK, Heuser JM, Hibino M, Hill JC, Ho DS, Homma K, Hong B, Hoover A, Ichihara T, Imai K, Ippolitov MS, Ishihara M, Jacak BV, Jang WY, Jia J, Johnson BM, Johnson SC, Joo KS, Kametani S, Kang JH, Kann M, Kapoor SS, Kelly S, Khachaturov B, Khanzadeev A, Kikuchi J, Kim DJ, Kim HJ, Kim SY, Kim YG, Kinnison WW, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klein-Boesing C, Klinksiek S, Kochenda L, Kochetkov D, Kochetkov V, Koehler D, Kohama T, Kozlov A, Kroon PJ, Kurita K, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lajoie JG, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Leitch MJ, Li XH, Li Z, Lim DJ, Liu MX, Liu X, Liu Z, Maguire CF, Mahon J, Makdisi YI, Manko VI, Mao Y, Mark SK, Markacs S, Martinez G, Marx MD, Masaike A, Matathias F, Matsumoto T, McGaughey PL, Melnikov E, Merschmeyer M, Messer F, Messer M, Miake Y, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mischke RE, Mishra GC, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Morrison DP, Moss JM, Mühlbacher F, Muniruzzaman M, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagasaka Y, Nagle JL, Nakada Y, Nandi BK, Newby J, Nikkinen L, Nilsson P, Nishimura S, Nyanin AS, Nystrand J, O'Brien E, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Ojha ID, Ono M, Onuchin V, Oskarsson A, Osterman L, Otterlund I, Oyama K, Paffrath L, Palounek AP, Pantuev VS, Papavassiliou V, Pate SF, Peitzmann T, Petridis AN, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Pitukhin P, Plasil F, Pollack M, Pope K, Purschke ML, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Rosati M, Rose AA, Ryu SS, Saito N, Sakaguchi A, Sakaguchi T, Sako H, Sakuma T, Samsonov V, Sangster TC, Santo R, Sato HD, Sato S, Sawada S, Schlei BR, Schutz Y, Semenov V, Seto R, Shea TK, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shiina T, Shin YH, Sibiriak IG, Silvermyr D, Sim KS, Simon-Gillo J, Singh CP, Singh V, Sivertz M, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sorensen S, Stankus PW, Starinsky N, Steinberg P, Stenlund E, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugioka M, Sugitate T, Sullivan JP, Sumi Y, Sun Z, Suzuki M, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tamai M, Tanaka KH, Tanaka Y, Taniguchi E, Tannenbaum MJ, Thomas J, Thomas JH, Thomas TL, Tian W, Tojo J, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuruoka H, Tsvetkov AA, Tuli SK, Tydesjö H, Tyurin N, Ushiroda T, van Hecke HW, Velissaris C, Velkovska J, Velkovsky M, Vinogradov AA, Volkov MA, Vorobyov A, Vznuzdaev E, Wang H, Watanabe Y, White SN, Witzig C, Wohn FK, Woody CL, Xie W, Yagi K, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zhang Z, Zhou S. Measurement of the midrapidity transverse energy distribution from square root of [(s)NN] = 130 GeV Au + Au collisions at RHIC. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 87:052301. [PMID: 11497762 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.052301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The first measurement of energy produced transverse to the beam direction at the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory is presented. The midrapidity transverse energy density per participating nucleon rises steadily with the number of participants, closely paralleling the rise in charged-particle density, such that <E(T)>/<N(ch)> remains relatively constant as a function of centrality. The energy density calculated via Bjorken's prescription for the 2% most central Au+Au collisions at square root[s(NN)] = 130 GeV is at least epsilon(Bj) = 4.6 GeV/fm(3), which is a factor of 1.6 larger than found at sqrt[s(NN)] = 17.2 GeV ( Pb+Pb at CERN).
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- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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Mazzali M, Kim YG, Suga S, Gordon KL, Kang DH, Jefferson JA, Hughes J, Kivlighn SD, Lan HY, Johnson RJ. Hyperuricemia exacerbates chronic cyclosporine nephropathy. Transplantation 2001; 71:900-5. [PMID: 11349724 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200104150-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hyperuricemia frequently complicates cyclosporine (CSA) therapy. The observation that longstanding hyperuricemia is associated with chronic tubulointerstitial disease and intrarenal vasoconstriction raised the hypothesis that hyperuricemia might contribute to chronic CSA nephropathy. METHODS CSA nephropathy was induced by the administration of CSA (15 mg/kg/day) for 5 and 7 weeks to rats on a low salt diet (CSA group). The effect of hyperuricemia on CSA nephropathy was determined by blocking the hepatic enzyme uricase with oxonic acid (CSA-OA). Control groups included rats treated with vehicle (VEH) and oxonic acid alone (OA). Histological and functional studies were determined at sacrifice. RESULTS CSA treated rats developed mild hyperuricemia with arteriolar hyalinosis, tubular injury and striped interstitial fibrosis. CSA-OA treated rats had higher uric acid levels in association with more severe arteriolar hyalinosis and tubulointerstitial damage. Intrarenal urate crystal deposition was absent in all groups. Both CSA and CSA-OA treated rats had increased renin and decreased NOS1 and NOS3 in their kidneys, and these changes are more evident in CSA-OA treated rats. CONCLUSION An increase in uric acid exacerbates CSA nephropathy in the rat. The mechanism does not involve intrarenal uric acid crystal deposition and appears to involve activation of the renin angiotensin system and inhibition of intrarenal nitric oxide production.
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- Division of Nephrology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98185, USA
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Kim JS, Na CS, Pak SC, Kim YG. Effects of yukmi, an herbal formula, on the liver of senescence accelerated mice (SAM) exposed to oxidative stress. Am J Chin Med 2001; 28:343-50. [PMID: 11154047 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x00000404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The effects of yukmi (Decoction of six plants including rehmannia), an herbal formula, were studied on liver oxidant damage induced by paraquat (PQ) administered intravenously in the senescence accelerated mice (SAM-P/8). The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase as two major antioxidant enzymes and lipid peroxidation levels were determined for six days. Data show that the activities of hepatic SODs and catalase were increased by oral administration of yukmi extracts following PQ pretreatment. Herbal medicine effectively blocked the PQ-induced effects on liver malondialdehyde (MDA) levels. For the histopathological changes in SAM-P/8 liver, yukmi extracts inhibited PQ-induced damage to the hepatic mitochondria and their membranes. Data suggest that yukmi extracts may be useful in protecting against oxidative damage.
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- Department of Acupuncture and Anatomy, Oriental Medical School, Dongshin University, Naju, Chonnam, Korea
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Maas S, Kim YG, Rich A. Genomic clustering of tRNA-specific adenosine deaminase ADAT1 and two tRNA synthetases. Mamm Genome 2001; 12:387-93. [PMID: 11331948 DOI: 10.1007/s003350020008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2000] [Accepted: 12/18/2000] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Human tRNA-specific adenosine deaminase (hADAT1) specifically converts A37 in the anticodon loop of human tRNA(Ala) to inosine via a hydrolytic deamination mechanism. The enzyme is related to a family of RNA editing enzymes (ADARs) specific for pre-mRNA, and it has been cloned based on its sequence homology to the catalytic domain of ADARs. In the present study we have analyzed the 5'-flanking sequence of the murine ADAT1 gene, revealing that the first transcribed exon is located 1.1 kb downstream from the polyadenylation site of lysyl tRNA synthetase (KARS). The close proximity is conserved in the human genome with an intergenic distance of 5.5 kb. We determined the complete cDNA sequence as well as exon/intron organization of murine KARS. Significant sequence similarities between KARS and ADAT1 are apparent within their substrate interaction domains. Radiation hybrid panel analysis mapped human ADAT1 and human KARS to region q22.2--22.3 of Chromosome (Chr) 16 with alanyl tRNA synthetase (AARS) positioned centromeric to the KARS and ADAT1 genes. 16q22--24 has recently been recognized as a susceptibility candidate locus for several autoimmune inflammatory diseases. The clustering of three tRNA specific genes, of which two are specific for tRNA(Ala), may indicate their evolutionary relatedness or common factors involved in regulating their expression.
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Adcox K, Adler SS, Ajitanand NN, Akiba Y, Alexander J, Aphecetche L, Arai Y, Aronson SH, Averbeck R, Awes TC, Barish KN, Barnes PD, Barrette J, Bassalleck B, Bathe S, Baublis V, Bazilevsky A, Belikov S, Bellaiche FG, Belyaev ST, Bennett MJ, Berdnikov Y, Botelho S, Brooks ML, Brown DS, Bruner N, Bucher D, Buesching H, Bumazhnov V, Bunce G, Burward-Hoy J, Butsyk S, Carey TA, Chand P, Chang J, Chang WC, Chavez LL, Chernichenko S, Chi CY, Chiba J, Chiu M, Choudhury RK, Christ T, Chujo T, Chung MS, Chung P, Cianciolo V, Cole BA, D'Enterria DG, David G, Delagrange H, Denisov A, Deshpande A, Desmond EJ, Dietzsch O, Dinesh BV, Drees A, Durum A, Dutta D, Ebisu K, Efremenko YV, El Chenawi K, En'yo H, Esumi S, Ewell L, Ferdousi T, Fields DE, Fokin SL, Fraenkel Z, Franz A, Frawley AD, Fung SY, Garpman S, Ghosh TK, Glenn A, Godoi AL, Goto Y, Greene SV, Grosse Perdekamp M, Gupta SK, Guryn W, Gustafsson HA, Haggerty JS, Hamagaki H, Hansen AG, Hara H, Hartouni EP, Hayano R, Hayashi N, He X, Hemmick TK, Heuser J, Hibino M, Hill JC, Ho DS, Homma K, Hong B, Hoover A, Ichihara T, Imai K, Ippolitov MS, Ishihara M, Jacak BV, Jang WY, Jia J, Johnson BM, Johnson SC, Joo KS, Kametani S, Kang JH, Kann M, Kapoor SS, Kelly S, Khachaturov B, Khanzadeev A, Kikuchi J, Kim DJ, Kim HJ, Kim SY, Kim YG, Kinnison WW, Kistenev E, Kiyomichi A, Klein-Boesing C, Klinksiek S, Kochenda L, Kochetkov D, Kochetkov V, Koehler D, Kohama T, Kozlov A, Kroon PJ, Kurita K, Kweon MJ, Kwon Y, Kyle GS, Lacey R, Lajoie JG, Lauret J, Lebedev A, Lee DM, Leitch MJ, Li XH, Li Z, Lim DJ, Liu MX, Liu X, Liu Z, Maguire CF, Mahon J, Makdisi YI, Manko VI, Mao Y, Mark SK, Markacs S, Martinez G, Marx MD, Masaike A, Matathias F, Matsumoto T, McGaughey PL, Melnikov E, Merschmeyer M, Messer F, Messer M, Miake Y, Miller TE, Milov A, Mioduszewski S, Mischke RE, Mishra GC, Mitchell JT, Mohanty AK, Morrison DP, Moss JM, Mühlbacher F, Muniruzzaman M, Murata J, Nagamiya S, Nagasaka Y, Nagle JL, Nakada Y, Nandi BK, Newby J, Nikkinen L, Nilsson P, Nishimura S, Nyanin AS, Nystrand J, O'Brien E, Ogilvie CA, Ohnishi H, Ojha ID, Ono M, Onuchin V, Oskarsson A, Osterman L, Otterlund I, Oyama K, Paffrath L, Palounek AP, Pantuev VS, Papavassiliou V, Pate SF, Peitzmann T, Petridis AN, Pinkenburg C, Pisani RP, Pitukhin P, Plasil F, Pollack M, Pope K, Purschke ML, Ravinovich I, Read KF, Reygers K, Riabov V, Riabov Y, Rosati M, Rose AA, Ryu SS, Saito N, Sakaguchi A, Sakaguchi T, Sako H, Sakuma T, Samsonov V, Sangster TC, Santo R, Sato HD, Sato S, Sawada S, Schlei BR, Schutz Y, Semenov V, Seto R, Shea TK, Shein I, Shibata TA, Shigaki K, Shiina T, Shin YH, Sibiriak IG, Silvermyr D, Sim KS, Simon-Gillo J, Singh CP, Singh V, Sivertz M, Soldatov A, Soltz RA, Sorensen S, Stankus PW, Starinsky N, Steinberg P, Stenlund E, Ster A, Stoll SP, Sugioka M, Sugitate T, Sullivan JP, Sumi Y, Sun Z, Suzuki M, Takagui EM, Taketani A, Tamai M, Tanaka KH, Tanaka Y, Taniguchi E, Tannenbaum MJ, Thomas J, Thomas JH, Thomas TL, Tian W, Tojo J, Torii H, Towell RS, Tserruya I, Tsuruoka H, Tsvetkov AA, Tuli SK, Tydesjö H, Tyurin N, Ushiroda T, van Hecke HW, Velissaris C, Velkovska J, Velkovsky M, Vinogradov AA, Volkov MA, Vorobyov A, Vznuzdaev E, Wang H, Watanabe Y, White SN, Witzig C, Wohn FK, Woody CL, Xie W, Yagi K, Yokkaichi S, Young GR, Yushmanov IE, Zajc WA, Zhang Z, Zhou S. Centrality dependence of charged particle multiplicity in Au-Au collisions at square root of (s)NN = 130 GeV. Phys Rev Lett 2001; 86:3500-3505. [PMID: 11328008 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.86.3500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2000] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present results for the charged-particle multiplicity distribution at midrapidity in Au-Au collisions at square root of [s(NN)] = 130 GeV measured with the PHENIX detector at RHIC. For the 5% most central collisions we find dN(ch)/d eta(vertical line eta = 0) = 622+/-1(stat)+/-41(syst). The results, analyzed as a function of centrality, show a steady rise of the particle density per participating nucleon with centrality.
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- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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Kang DH, Kim YG, Andoh TF, Gordon KL, Suga S, Mazzali M, Jefferson JA, Hughes J, Bennett W, Schreiner GF, Johnson RJ. Post-cyclosporine-mediated hypertension and nephropathy: amelioration by vascular endothelial growth factor. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2001; 280:F727-36. [PMID: 11249864 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.2001.280.4.f727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Recent studies have demonstrated a role for microvascular and tubulointerstitial injury in some models of salt-sensitive hypertension. We utilized a model of post-cyclosporin A (CsA) nephropathy and hypertension to test the hypothesis that treatment with an angiogenic factor aimed at ameliorating the microvascular and renal injury would prevent the development of hypertension. CsA was administered with a low-salt diet for 45 days, resulting in a renal lesion characterized by afferent arteriolopathy, focal peritubular capillary loss, and tubulointerstitial fibrosis. Rats were then placed on a high-salt diet and randomized to receive either vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF(121)) or vehicle for 14 days. Placement of rats with established CsA nephropathy on a high-salt diet results in the rapid development of salt-sensitive hypertension. VEGF(121) treatment resulted in lower blood pressure, and this persisted on discontinuing the VEGF. VEGF(121) treatment was also associated with a decrease in osteopontin expression, macrophage infiltration, and collagen III deposition and markedly stimulated resolution of the arteriolopathy (20.9 +/- 7.8 vs. 36.9 +/- 6.1%, VEGF vs. vehicle, P < 0.05). In conclusion, CsA-associated renal microvascular and tubulointerstitial injury results in the development of salt-sensitive hypertension. Treatment of animals with established CsA nephropathy with VEGF reduces the hypertensive response and accelerates histological recovery. The vascular protective effect of VEGF may be due to the improvement of arteriolopathy. Angiogenic growth factors may represent a novel strategy for treating CsA-associated hypertension and renal disease.
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- D H Kang
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA.
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Kim YG, Cho MK, Kwon JW, Kim SG, Kim SH, Lee MG. Effects of cysteine on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intravenous and oral azosemide in rats with protein-calorie malnutrition. Life Sci 2001; 68:2329-45. [PMID: 11350005 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(01)01025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The effects of cysteine on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of azosemide were investigated after intravenous (10 mg/kg) and oral (20 mg/kg) administration to male Sprague-Dawley rats fed on 23% protein diet (control rats), and 5% protein diet with (rats with PCMC) or without (rats with PCM) oral cysteine (250 mg/kg, twice daily for the fourth week) for 4 weeks. After intravenous administration to rats with PCMC, some pharmacokinetic parameters restored fully or more than the level of control rats; the time-averaged nonrenal clearance (2.70 versus 2.32 ml/min/kg) and apparent volume of distribution at steady state (160 versus 189 ml/kg) were comparable to those in control rats, however, the terminal half-life (34.7 versus 57.2 min) and mean residence time (73.3 versus 99.3 min) were significantly shorter, area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity (AUC, 1930 versus 2680 microg min/ml) was significantly smaller, and time-averaged renal (2.24 versus 1.21 ml/min/kg) and total body (CL, 4.98 versus 3.65 ml/min/kg) clearances were significantly faster than those in control rats. This could be mainly due to significantly faster renal clearance and at least partly due to increased cytochrome P450 1A2 activity by cysteine supplementation. After intravenous administration to rats with PCMC, the total amount of 8-hr urinary excretion of unchanged azosemide was significantly greater (457 versus 305 microg/g body weight), however, the 8-hr urine output (15.3 versus 31.1 ml/g kidney) was not significantly different between control rats and rats with PCMC. This could be due to the fact that urine output seemed to reach an upper plateau from 10 mg/kg dose of azosemide in rats.
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Korea
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Kang DH, Anderson S, Kim YG, Mazzalli M, Suga S, Jefferson JA, Gordon KL, Oyama TT, Hughes J, Hugo C, Kerjaschki D, Schreiner GF, Johnson RJ. Impaired angiogenesis in the aging kidney: vascular endothelial growth factor and thrombospondin-1 in renal disease. Am J Kidney Dis 2001; 37:601-11. [PMID: 11228186 DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2001.22087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We investigated the relationship of changes in the microvasculature to age-related structural and functional changes in the kidney to determine whether there was evidence of impaired angiogenesis and whether the loss of microvasculature could be accounted for by changes in the local production of angiogenic or antiangiogenic factors. Glomerular and peritubular capillary number, density, and endothelial cell proliferation were determined in aging (24 months; n = 9) and young (3 months; n = 8) rat kidneys and correlated with renal functional and structural changes and alterations in renal expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and thrombospondin-1 (TSP-1). Aging rats showed a focal decrease in both peritubular capillary (peritubular capillary staining, 5.4% +/- 1.8% versus 11.3% +/- 2.0% per 100 tubules; rarefaction index, 10.6% +/- 4.6% versus 0.6% +/- 0.1%, aging versus young rats; P < 0.05 and P: < 0.001, respectively) and glomerular capillary loops (27.3 +/- 6.9 versus 50.7 +/- 7.4/glomerulus, aging versus young rats; P < 0.001). The number of proliferating endothelial cells was decreased in aging rats compared with young rats (glomerular, 0.04 +/- 0.01 versus 0.15 +/- 0.03 positive cells/glomerular cross-section; peritubular, 0.7 +/- 0.2 versus 4.3 +/- 2.6 positive cells/mm(2); P < 0.05). In the aging kidney, VEGF expression was focally increased in the cortex compared with young rats, whereas a profound decrease was observed in the outer and inner medulla (total area of VEGF expression, 19.2% +/- 11.4% versus 39.3% +/- 7.6%; P < 0.05). Tubular VEGF expression correlated with peritubular capillary density (r(2) = 0.57; P < 0.01) and inversely correlated with tubular osteopontin (r(2) = -0.55; P < 0.05) and macrophage infiltration (r(2) = -0.64; P < 0.01). TSP-1 staining was increased in the glomeruli and tubulointerstitium of the aging rats. Glomerular TSP-1 score correlated inversely with glomerular capillary number (r(2) = -0.89; P < 0.001). Tubulointerstitial TSP-1 also correlated with percentage of positive staining of peritubular capillary (r(2) = -0.59; P < 0.001). Glomerular capillary number showed significant correlation with glomerulosclerosis score, as well as with 24-hour urinary protein excretion. Peritubular capillary density also inversely correlated with interstitial fibrosis score and urinary protein excretion. In conclusion, glomerular and peritubular capillary loss in the aging kidney correlate with alterations in VEGF and TSP-1 expression and also with the development of glomerulosclerosis and tubulointerstitial fibrosis. These findings suggest that impaired angiogenesis associated with progressive loss in renal microvasculature may have a pivotal role in age-related nephropathy.
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- D H Kang
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Kim SG, Kim EJ, Kim YG, Lee MG. Expression of cytochrome P-450s and glutathione S-transferases in the rat liver during water deprivation: effects of glucose supplementation. J Appl Toxicol 2001; 21:123-9. [PMID: 11288135 DOI: 10.1002/jat.734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Pharmacokinetic profiles of therapeutic agents change in dehydrated animals. The present study was designed to determine the expression of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes in the rat liver and the effect of glucose supplementation during water deprivation. Deprivation of water intake, which reduced food intake, resulted in no significant change in the cytochrome P-450 1A2, 2B1/2, 2C11 and 3A1/2 expression. Cytochrome P-450 2E1, however, was three-fold induced with an increase in the mRNA. Rehydration of 48-h water-deprived rats for the next 24 h with free access to foods restored the P-450 2E1 level to that of the control, although rehydration with 20% food supply failed to normalize the P-450 2E1 expression. Water deprivation caused a reduction in the plasma insulin level, which was prevented by rehydration with a sufficient food supply. The plasma insulin level was inversely related to the P-450 2E1 expression. Glucose feeding instead of foods during dehydration prevented P-450 2E1 induction in the absence of recovering the plasma insulin level. Western blot analysis revealed that the hepatic rGSTA2 level was 30% decreased in dehydrated rats, whereas the rGSTA3, M1 and M2 expression was not affected. Suppression of rGSTA2 accompanied a reduction in the mRNA. Glucose feeding further reduced rGSTA2 expression. The data indicated that expression of major P-450s and glutathione S-transferases, except P-450 2E1, was not greatly affected by water deprivation and that the P-450 2E1 induction and a decrease in plasma insulin resulted from the reduction in food intake but not from dehydration per se. Glucose supplementation restored P-450 2E1 expression but further suppressed rGSTA2 expression during water deprivation.
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, South Korea.
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and human T cell leukemia virus type II (HTLV-2) use a similar mechanism for -1 translational frameshifting to overcome the termination codon in viral RNA at the end of the gag gene. Previous studies have identified two important RNA signals for frameshifting, the slippery sequence and a downstream stem-loop structure. However, there have been somewhat conflicting reports concerning the individual contributions of these sequences. In this study we have performed a comprehensive mutational analysis of the cis-acting RNA sequences involved in HIV-1 gag-pol and HTLV-2 gag-pro frameshifting. Using an in vitro translation system we determined frameshifting efficiencies for shuffled HIV-1/HTLV-2 RNA elements in a background of HIV-1 or HTLV-2 sequences. We show that the ability of the slippery sequence and stem-loop to promote ribosomal frameshifting is influenced by the flanking upstream sequence and the nucleotides in the spacer element. A wide range of frameshift efficiency rates was observed for both viruses when shuffling single sequence elements. The results for HIV-1/HTLV-2 chimeric constructs represent strong evidence supporting the notion that the viral wild-type sequences are not designed for maximal frameshifting activity but are optimized to a level suited to efficient viral replication.
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- Y G Kim
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, MA 02139, USA
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE To evaluate the possibility of oxygen radical damage in the skin after He-Ne laser irradiation according to dose intensity and time. STUDY DESIGN/MATERIALS AND METHODS The He-Ne laser (lambda = 632.8, 10 mW) was used on the skin of mice with 1, 3, and 5 joule (J/cm2) dose rates for 1, 5, and 7 days in each case, and the results were compared with normal and anesthetic nonirradiated skins. The efficacy was determined by the formation of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) in a 10-minute period and expressed as a concentration of malondialdehyde (MDA) from the lipid peroxidation of epidermal tissue, and total superoxide dismutases (SODs) and catalase activities, correlated with histologic biopsies. RESULTS Data from epidermal SODs, catalase activity and the degree of lipid peroxidation at low-power radiation showed that repeated exposure had led to the induction of free radical damage and of epidermal changes as confirmed by microscopic study. The application of the He-Ne laser at 1, 3, and 5 J intensity for 5 days caused a gradual increase in the SODs and catalase activities, while the levels of TBARS were slightly decreased in the mouse epidermis. However, these patterns were reversed after 3 and 5 J irradiations for 5 and 7 days laser treatment. Furthermore, microscopic examinations revealed that the laser-irradiated skin changed the release of stratum granule from epidermis to hair follicle, and produced blood vessel thrombosis of the dermal capillary plexus. CONCLUSION The presence of lipid peroxidation in the hairless mouse skin after exposure to He-Ne laser energy intensity of over 3 J for over 5 days was demonstrated. This lipid peroxidation could have been generated from oxygen free radicals. The histologic and oxidative enzymatic correlations on lipid peroxidation in the skin have provided a better understanding of He-Ne laser therapy-tissue interactions. It is possible to take advantage of these findings to evaluate pathologic skin conditions and effective laser dosage more efficiently.
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- Y G Kim
- Department of Biological Science, College of Natural Sciences, Chosun University, Kwangju, Korea.
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Kim YG, Lee YJ, Kim HJ, Lee SD, Kwon JW, Kim WB, Shim CK, Lee MG. Bioequivalence of two aceclofenac tablet formulations after a single oral dose to healthy male Korean volunteers. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 2001; 39:83-8. [PMID: 11270806 DOI: 10.5414/cpp39083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A bioequivalence study of aceclofenac tablets (test formulation: Dong-A, reference formulation: Airtal) was conducted in 16 healthy male Korean volunteers who received each medicine at a dose of 100 mg in a 2 x 2 crossover study. There was a one-week washout period between the doses. Plasma concentrations of aceclofenac were monitored by high-performance liquid chromatography over a period of 24 hours after the administration. AUCinf (the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity) was calculated by the linear-log trapezoidal method. Cmax (maximum plasma drug concentration) and tmax (time to reach Cmax) were compiled from the plasma concentration-time data. Analysis of variance was carried out using logarithmically transformed AUCinf and Cmax, and non-transformed tmax. There were no significant differences between the medications in AUCinf and Cmax. The point estimates and 90% confidence intervals for AUCinf (parametric) and Cmax (parametric) were 1.04 (0.93 to approximately 1.17) and 0.99 (0.91 to approximately 1.08), respectively, satisfying the bioequivalence criteria of the European Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products and the US Food and Drug Administration Guidelines. The corresponding value for tmax was 0.75 (0.00 to approximately 1.00). Moreover, the modified Pitman-Morgan's adjusted F-test indicated that the bioavailabilities of aceclofenac in the 2 medications were comparable regarding intra- and interindividual variability. Therefore, these results indicate that the 2 medications of aceclofenac are bioequivalent and, thus, may be prescribed interchangeably.
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- Y G Kim
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Korea
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Son HJ, Heo MS, Kim YG, Lee SJ. Optimization of fermentation conditions for the production of bacterial cellulose by a newly isolated Acetobacter sp. A9 in shaking cultures. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2001; 33:1-5. [PMID: 11171030 DOI: 10.1042/ba20000065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The optimum fermentation conditions for the production of cellulose by a newly isolated Acetobacter sp. A9 were determined by shaken cultures. The strain was able to produce cellulose at 25-30 degrees C with a maximum at 30 degrees C. Cellulose production occurred at pH 4.5-7.5 with a maximum at pH 6.5. The improved medium composition was 4% (w/v) glucose, 0.1% (w/v) yeast extract, 0.7% (w/v) polypeptone and 0.8% (w/v) Na(2)HPO(4).12H(2)O. Under these culture conditions, 3.8 g/l cellulose was produced after 7 days of cultivation, although this strain produced only 2.2 g/l in the standard medium. The addition of ethanol to the improved medium enhanced cellulose production: in an improved medium containing 1.4% (v/v) ethanol, cellulose production was 15.2 g/l, which was about four times higher than that without ethanol. Addition of ethanol was found to eliminate the spontaneous mutation of Acetobacter sp. A9.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Miryang National University #1025-1 Naei-dong, Miryang 627-702, Kyungnam, South Korea.
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Bibikova M, Carroll D, Segal DJ, Trautman JK, Smith J, Kim YG, Chandrasegaran S. Stimulation of homologous recombination through targeted cleavage by chimeric nucleases. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:289-97. [PMID: 11113203 PMCID: PMC88802 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.1.289-297.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 466] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Chimeric nucleases that are hybrids between a nonspecific DNA cleavage domain and a zinc finger DNA recognition domain were tested for their ability to find and cleave their target sites in living cells. Both engineered DNA substrates and the nucleases were injected into Xenopus laevis oocyte nuclei, in which DNA cleavage and subsequent homologous recombination were observed. Specific cleavage required two inverted copies of the zinc finger recognition site in close proximity, reflecting the need for dimerization of the cleavage domain. Cleaved DNA molecules were activated for homologous recombination; in optimum conditions, essentially 100% of the substrate recombined, even though the DNA was assembled into chromatin. The original nuclease has an 18-amino-acid linker between the zinc finger and cleavage domains, and this enzyme cleaved in oocytes at paired sites separated by spacers in the range of 6 to 18 bp, with a rather sharp optimum at 8 bp. By shortening the linker, we found that the range of effective site separations could be narrowed significantly. With no intentional linker between the binding and cleavage domains, only binding sites exactly 6 bp apart supported efficient cleavage in oocytes. We also showed that two chimeric enzymes with different binding specificities could collaborate to stimulate recombination when their individual sites were appropriately placed. Because the recognition specificity of zinc fingers can be altered experimentally, this approach holds great promise for inducing targeted recombination in a variety of organisms.
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- M Bibikova
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA
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Cho MK, Kim YG, Lee MG, Kim SG. Prevention of c-Jun/activator protein-1 activation and microsomal epoxide hydrolase induction in the rat liver by cysteine during protein-calorie malnutrition. Biochem Pharmacol 2001; 61:15-24. [PMID: 11137704 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(00)00518-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM), a major global health problem, arises during protein and/or energy deficit due to disease and nutritional inadequacy. To date, cellular adaptive responses and gene expression associated with PCM remain poorly understood. In view of the primary role of the liver in energy conversion, the present study was designed to investigate changes in hepatic morphology and molecular alterations during PCM. PCM caused marked decreases in the cytoplasmic eosinophilic content and nuclear shrinkage in the hepatocytes with a decrease in glutathione content. The nuclear activator protein-1 (AP-1) complex was activated in the liver of PCM rats. AP-1-binding activity of nuclear extracts produced from PCM rats was reduced by the presence of anti-c-Jun antibody. Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH), a phase II detoxifying enzyme, was 4-fold induced, with a 20-fold increase in the mRNA level during PCM. In contrast to the PCM-induced changes in hepatic morphology, PCM rats supplemented with cysteine showed an increase in the GSH level and well-preserved hepatic structures with mild fat degeneration. Cysteine supplementation inhibited the activation of AP-1 and the induction of mEH in PCM rats. These results provided evidence: (i) that PCM alters liver morphology with a decrease in the glutathione level; (ii) that cysteine may serve as a key element responsible for preserving hepatic morphology and maintaining the glutathione level; and (iii) that cysteine was active in preventing the activation of AP-1 and mEH induction in the liver during PCM.
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- M K Cho
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, 151-742, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Kim YG, Suga SI, Kang DH, Jefferson JA, Mazzali M, Gordon KL, Matsui K, Breiteneder-Geleff S, Shankland SJ, Hughes J, Kerjaschki D, Schreiner GF, Johnson RJ. Vascular endothelial growth factor accelerates renal recovery in experimental thrombotic microangiopathy. Kidney Int 2000; 58:2390-9. [PMID: 11115072 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00422.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Renal microvascular injury characterizes thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA). The possibility that angiogenic growth factors may accelerate recovery in TMA has not been studied. METHODS TMA was induced in rats by the selective right renal artery perfusion of antiglomerular endothelial cell IgG (30 mg/kg). Twenty-four hours later, rats received vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF121, 100 microg/kg/day) or vehicle (control) daily until day 14. To evaluate renal function, the unperfused left kidney was removed at day 14, and rats were sacrificed at day 17. RESULTS The induction of TMA was associated with loss of glomerular and peritubular capillary endothelial cells and decreased arteriolar density at day 1. Some spontaneous capillary recovery was present by day 17; however, repair was incomplete, and severe tubulointerstitial damage occurred. The lack of complete microvascular recovery was associated with reduced VEGF immunostaining in the outer medulla. VEGF-treated rats had more glomeruli with intact endothelium, less glomerular ischemia (collapsed glomeruli), and greater peritubular capillary density with less peritubular capillary loss. This was associated with less tubulointerstitial fibrosis, less cortical atrophy, and improved renal function. CONCLUSIONS VEGF accelerates renal recovery in this experimental model of TMA. These studies suggest that angiogenic growth factors may provide a new therapeutic strategy for diseases associated with endothelial cell injury.
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- Y G Kim
- Division of Nephrology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Choi IS, Kim SJ, Kim BY, Joh JW, Kim YI, Lee SK, Huh WS, Oh HY, Kim DJ, Kim YG, Kim MK, Ko YH, Lee BB. Candida polyarthritis in a renal transplant patient: case report of a patient successfully treated with amphotericin B. Transplant Proc 2000; 32:1963-4. [PMID: 11120021 DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01513-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- I S Choi
- Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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Kim HJ, Han KS, Kim YG, Chung YK, Chang MS, Lee MG. Pharmacokinetics of a new proton pump inhibitor, YJA-20379-8, after intravenous and oral administration to spontaneously hypertensive rats and DOCA-salt-induced hypertensive rats. Biopharm Drug Dispos 2000; 21:293-302. [PMID: 11514948 DOI: 10.1002/bdd.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the causes for the differences observed in the pharmacokinetics of YJA-20379-8 in 16-week-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). To see if the hereditary characteristics of SHRs was the cause, 20 mg/kg of the drug was intravenously infused over 15 min and 50 mg/kg of the drug was orally administered to 6-week-old SHRs and 16-week-old SHRs and their age-matched control Kyoto-Wistar (KW) rats. Also to see if the hypertensive status itself was the cause, the same doses were administered to 16-week-old deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA) salt-induced hypertensive rats (DOCA-salt rats) and their age-matched control Sprague-Dawley rats. The areas under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity (for intravenous study) and to the last sampling time in plasma (for oral study) were significantly smaller after both intravenous and oral administration, and the total body clearances of the drug were significantly faster after intravenous administration to 6-week-old SHRs, 16-week-old SHRs, and 16-week-old DOCA-salt rats than those in their respective age-matched control rats. The above pharmacokinetic parameter changes in 16-week-old SHRs were due to both hereditary characteristic of SHRs and the hypertensive status itself.
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- H J Kim
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shinlim-Dong. Kwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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Hurh E, Lee EJ, Kim YG, Kim SY, Kim SH, Kim YC, Lee MG. Effects of physostigmine on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous parathion in rats. Biopharm Drug Dispos 2000; 21:331-8. [PMID: 11514953 DOI: 10.1002/bdd.243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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It was reported that the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity (AUC) of parathion was significantly smaller, and the time-averaged total body clearance (Cl) of parathion was significantly faster after intravenous administration of parathion to rats pretreated with dexamethasone than those in control rats. This was supported by significantly faster intrinsic clearance of parathion to form paraoxon in hepatic microsomal fraction of rats pretreated with dexamethasone. The above data suggested that parathion was metabolized to paraoxon by dexamethasone-inducible hepatic cytochrome P450 (CYP) 3A in rats. The purpose of this study is to explain the protective effects of physostigmine against paraoxon toxicity by suppressing CYP3A, and hence, decreasing formation of a toxic metabolite, paraoxon. The pharmacokinetic changes of parathion and paraoxon were investigated after intravenous administration of parathion, 3 mg/kg, to control Sprague-Dawley rats, and the rats pretreated with physostigmine (100 microg/kg, intraperitoneal injection 30 min before parathion administration). After a 1-min intravenous infusion of parathion to rats pretreated with physostigmine, the AUC of parathion (60.4 compared with 73.7 microg min/mL) was significantly greater, Cl of parathion (49.7 compared with 40.7 mL/min/kg) was significantly slower, and amount of paraoxon recovered from liver, mesentery and large intestine at 5 min was smaller than those in control rats. Based on in vitro rat hepatic microsomal studies, physostigmine inhibited significantly the erythromycin N-demethylase activity (1.03 compared with 0.924 nmol/mg protein/min), mainly mediated by hepatic cytochrome P450 3A in rats. The above data suggested that the formation of paraoxon was inhibited in rats pretreated with physostigmine by inhibiting CYP3A.
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- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Shinlim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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Kim DJ, Park JA, Huh W, Kim YG, Oh HY. The effect of hemodialysis during break-in period on residual renal function in CAPD patients. Perit Dial Int 2000; 20:784-5. [PMID: 11216575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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- D J Kim
- Division of Nephrology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Kinetic resolution of racemic alpha-methyl-beta-propiothiolactone (rac-MPTL) using lipases in organic solvent was studied. The lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia (PCL) showed the highest (S)-enantioselectivity (E > 100), and cyclohexane containing 1% (v/v) buffer was identified as the best reaction medium for maintaining high enantioselectivity as well as high reaction rate. While the substrate inhibition was not observed up to 300 mM rac-MPTL, severe product inhibition was observed even at 50 mM racemic 3-mercapto-alpha-methyl propionic acid (rac-MMPA), which made the use of high substrate concentration difficult. To overcome the product inhibition, the products, (R)-MMPA, were neutralized by addition of a dilute basic solution. Although the resolution reaction proceeded further by the base titration, the enantioselectivity of the reaction decreased as a result of nonenantioselective hydrolysis of rac-MPTL in the basic solution. Under these conditions, 200 mM rac-MPTL was successfully resolved to above 95% ee(S) with 53% conversion.
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- B Y Hwang
- Division of Chemical Engineering, Institute for Molecular Biology and Genetics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Cho MK, Kim YG, Lee MG, Kim SG. The effect of cysteine on the altered expression of class alpha and mu glutathione S-transferase genes in the rat liver during protein-calorie malnutrition. Biochim Biophys Acta 2000; 1502:235-46. [PMID: 11040448 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(00)00046-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM) represents a global health problem. The breakdown rate of glutathione S-transferase (GST) subunits determines their differential contents during protein depletion. Hepatic GST expression and the underlying mechanistic basis were investigated in PCM rats. PCM caused no change in rGSTA1/2 subunit. In contrast, rGSTA3/5 subunit was 2.4-fold induced during PCM, while the levels for rGSTM1 and M2 subunits were 30% and 70% suppressed. Increased GSTA3/5 expression was significantly prevented by cysteine or methionine treatment, although such treatment failed to restore the rGSTM2 level. In contrast to differential GST protein expression, PCM caused a 5-10-fold increase in rGSTA2/A3/A5 and M1 mRNAs, whereas rGSTM2 mRNA was 70% decreased. The elevations in rGSTA2/A3/A5 and M1 mRNAs were completely abolished by cysteine or methionine treatment during PCM, although the rGSTM2 mRNA level was not restored. PCM induced oxidative stress in the liver, as evidenced by protein carbonylation. Antioxidant response element (ARE)-binding activity of nuclear extracts from PCM rats was increased, which was immunodepleted with anti-Nrf-1/2 antibodies. Activation of nuclear ARE-binding proteins was inhibited by cysteine. Data showed that hepatic GSTs were differentially expressed during PCM, that certain GST mRNAs were increased with the ARE activation, and that cysteine was active in preventing increases in GST mRNAs and ARE activation.
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- M K Cho
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Sillim-dong, Kwanak-gu, 151-742, Seoul, South Korea
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Kim YG, Lee YJ, Lee ED, Lee SD, Kwon JW, Kim WB, Shim CK, Lee MG. Bioequivalence assessment of closerin capsule to dura seromycin capsule of cycloserine after a single oral dose administration to healthy male volunteers. Int J Clin Pharmacol Ther 2000; 38:461-6. [PMID: 11073286 DOI: 10.5414/cpp38461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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AIM A bioequivalence study of the closerin capsules to the dura seromycin capsules was conducted. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-four healthy male Korean volunteers received each medicine at the cycloserine dose of 250 mg in a 2 x 2 crossover study. There was a one-week washout period between the doses. Plasma concentrations of cycloserine were monitored by a high-performance liquid chromatography for over a period of 72 hours after the administration. AUCinf (the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to time infinity) was calculated by the linear-log trapezoidal method. Cmax (maximum plasma drug concentration) and Tmax (time to reach Cmax) were compiled from the plasma concentration-time data. Analysis of variance was carried out using logarithmically transformed AUCinf and Cmax, and untransformed Tmax. RESULTS There were no significant differences between the medications in AUCinf and Cmax. The point estimates and 90% confidence intervals for AUCinf (parametric) and Cmax (parametric) were, in point estimate (90% confidence interval), 0.992 (0.950 approximately 1.037) and 1.051 (0.965 approximatly 1.144), respectively, satisfying the bioequivalence criteria of the European Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products and the US Food and Drug Administration Guidelines. The corresponding value of Tmax was 0.000 (-0.250 approximatly 0.125). Moreover, the modified Pitman-Morgan's adjusted F test and equal variance test (one-sided) indicated that the 2 medications were comparable in intra- and inter-individual variability in cycloserine bioavailability. CONCLUSION Therefore, these results indicate that the 2 medications of cycloserine are bioequivalent and, thus, may be prescribed interchangeably.
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- Y G Kim
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Korea
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Kim YG, Huang XR, Suga S, Mazzali M, Tang D, Metz C, Bucala R, Kivlighn S, Johnson RJ, Lan HY. Involvement of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in experimental uric acid nephropathy. Mol Med 2000; 6:837-48. [PMID: 11126199 PMCID: PMC1949919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Deposition of uric acid in the kidney can lead to progressive tubulointerstitial injury with granuloma formation. We hypothesized that uric acid crystal deposition may induce granuloma formation by stimulating local expression of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), which is a known mediator of delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH). MATERIALS AND METHODS A model of acute uric acid nephropathy was induced in rats by the administration of oxonic acid (an inhibitor of uricase), together with uric acid supplements. MIF expression and local cellular response were examined by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Kidney tissue examined at 35 days posttreatment showed widespread tubulointerstitial damage with intratubular uric acid crystal deposition and granuloma formation. Tubules within the areas of granuloma showed a six-fold increase in MIF mRNA, compared with uninvolved areas by in situ hybridization. Moreover, the areas of increased MIF mRNA expression correlated with sites of dense accumulation of macrophages and T cells, and these cells were activated when assessed by the expression of interleukin-2R (IL-2R) and (MHC) class II. Interestingly, cytoplasmic staining for MIF protein in the uric acid (UA) crystal-associated granulomatous lesions was reduced, indicating a rapid MIF secretion by damaged tubules and macrophages secondary to uric acid crystal stimulation. This was confirmed by the demonstration of a marked increase in urinary MIF protein by Western blot analysis. Control rats fed either a normal diet or only oxonic acid had no discernible evidence of renal disease by routine light microscopy and minimal tubular expression of MIF mRNA and protein. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that intrarenal granulomas in urate nephropathy may be the consequence of a crystal induced DTH reaction mediated by MIF.
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- Y G Kim
- Division of Nephrology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, USA
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Kim YG, Kim HJ, Kim DS, Kim SD, Han WS, Kim KH, Chung JH, Park KC. Up-Regulation and redistribution of Bax in ultraviolet B-irradiated melanocytes. Pigment Cell Res 2000; 13:352-7. [PMID: 11041212 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2000.130508.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation may activate or deteriorate cultured human epidermal melanocytes, depending on the doses and culture conditions. It is also reported that cultured human epidermal melanocytes derived from different pigmentary phenotypes showed different responses to UVB radiation. In this study, we examined whether apoptosis of melanocytes can be induced by physiologic doses of UVB irradiation using cultured human epidermal melanocytes derived from oriental males of skin types III and IV. Propidium iodide staining for DNA condensation and flow cytometric analyses demonstrated the apoptotic cell death of melanocytes following UVB irradiation (0-30 mJ/cm2). The levels of p53, Bax, and Bcl-2, determined by immunoblotting, revealed a dose-dependent increase in p53 and Bax, but the level of Bcl-2 remained unchanged. Confocal microscopic examination showed that Bax moved from a diffuse to a punctate distribution after UVB irradiation. However, there were no changes in the pattern of distribution of Bcl-2. These data suggest that the high constitutional level of Bcl-2 may protect melanocytes from UVB-induced injury, and that apoptotic death of melanocytes may be induced by the elevation and redistribution of Bax.
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- Y G Kim
- Department of Dermatology, Eulji Medical College, Taejon, Korea
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Kim YG, Lowenhaupt K, Maas S, Herbert A, Schwartz T, Rich A. The zab domain of the human RNA editing enzyme ADAR1 recognizes Z-DNA when surrounded by B-DNA. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:26828-33. [PMID: 10843996 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003477200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The Zab domain of the editing enzyme ADAR1 binds tightly and specifically to Z-DNA stabilized by bromination or supercoiling. A stoichiometric amount of protein has been shown to convert a substrate of suitable sequence to the Z form, as demonstrated by a characteristic change in the CD spectrum of the DNA. Now we show that Zab can bind not only to isolated Z-forming d(CG)(n) sequences but also to d(CG)(n) embedded in B-DNA. The binding of Zab to such sequences results in a complex including Z-DNA, B-DNA, and two B-Z junctions. In this complex, the d(CG)(n) sequence, but not the flanking region, is in the Z conformation. The presence of Z-DNA was detected by cleavage with a Z-DNA specific nuclease, by undermethylation using Z-DNA sensitive SssI methylase, and by circular dichroism. It is possible that Zab binds to B-DNA with low affinity and flips any favorable sequence into Z-DNA, resulting in a high affinity complex. Alternatively, Zab may capture Z-DNA that exists transiently in solution. The binding of Zab to potential as well as established Z-DNA segments suggests that the range of biological substrates might be wider than previously thought.
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- Y G Kim
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Park KH, Kim KH, Choi MS, Choi SH, Yoon JM, Kim YG. Cyclooxygenase-derived products, rather than nitric oxide, are endothelium-derived relaxing factor(s) in the ventral aorta of carp (Cyprinus carpio). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2000; 127:89-98. [PMID: 10996821 DOI: 10.1016/s0305-0491(00)00264-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In some fish blood vessels, the existence of a NO (nitric oxide) system has been reported. We examined the possibility that this NO system acts as an endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in carp aorta using the carp aorta alone and in a combined carp-rat aorta donor-detector system. Use of the typical NO stimulating agent in mammal acetylcholine (ACh) only induced constriction of the carp aorta. This response was not modified by denudation or by NO synthesis inhibition with N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester. Neither the indirect NO stimulating agents bradykinin and histamine nor the direct NO releasers sodium nitroprusside (SNP) and SIN-1 induced vasorelaxation. Both SNP and ACh elevated the cGMP concentration in rat aorta, but not in carp aorta. In the aorta combination set-up, where carp served as a NO donor and rat aorta served as a NO detector, no relaxation of the rat aorta was observed. The calcium ionophore A23187, a known EDRF producer in mammals, induced relaxation of carp aorta through an endothelium- and cyclooxygenase-dependent mechanism. These results indicate that carp aorta does not produce NO as an EDRF nor does it respond to exogenously supplied NO. The major EDRF in carp is apparently a product(s) of cyclooxygenase metabolism.
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- K H Park
- Department of Marine Biomedical Sciences, College of Ocean Science and Technology, Kunsan National University, Chonbuk, 573-702, Kunsan City, South Korea.
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Park JK, Kim SZ, Kim SH, Kim YG, Cho KW. Renin angiotensin system of rabbit clitoral cavernosum: interaction with nitric oxide. J Urol 2000; 164:556-61. [PMID: 10893643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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PURPOSE Angiotensin (ANG) II has been known to be a potent modulator for the maintenance of smooth muscle tone of the penile cavernosum. However, its role in clitoral cavernosum is unknown. The clitoris is the homologue of the penis arising from the embryological genital tubercle. We investigated the presence of ANG II receptors, the function of ANG II, and its interaction with nitric oxide (NO) in rabbit clitoral cavernosum. MATERIALS AND METHODS The isometric tension was measured in the strips of clitoral cavernosum. Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to evaluate expression of AT1a and AT1b ANG II receptor subtype mRNAs. In vitro autoradiography was used to localize ANG II receptors in the clitoral cavernosum. RESULTS The clitoral cavernosum was contracted dose-dependently by the addition of ANG II. Dup 753 (ANG II type 1 receptor antagonist) inhibited significantly ANG II induced contraction. PD 123,319 (ANG II type 2 receptor antagonist) did not affect the ANG II response. Pretreatment with NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (NO synthase inhibitor) accentuated contractions induced by ANG II. Specific binding sites for 125I-ANG II were found in the clitoral cavernosum. The dissociation constant (Kd) was 0.58 + or - 0.05 nM. Specific binding of 125I-ANG II was displaced by Dup 753 (10-5 M) but not by PD 123,319 (10-5 M). The inhibitory constant (Ki) for Dup 753 was 23. 4 + or - 9.73 nM and mRNAs for AT1a and AT1b receptor subtypes were detected by RT-PCR. CONCLUSION The present study shows that ANG II is involved in the regulation of clitoral cavernosum smooth muscle tone via ANG II receptor subtype AT1, and that ANG II has cross-talk with NO.
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- J K Park
- Departments of Urology and Physiology, Medical School, and Institute for Medical Sciences, Chonbuk National University, Chonbuk, Korea
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Kim YG, Maas S, Wang SC, Rich A. Mutational study reveals that tertiary interactions are conserved in ribosomal frameshifting pseudoknots of two luteoviruses. RNA 2000; 6:1157-65. [PMID: 10943894 PMCID: PMC1369989 DOI: 10.1017/s1355838200000510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Expression of the putative replicase of potato leafroll virus (PLRV) is regulated by -1 ribosomal frameshifting in which a primary viral transcript has two overlapping open reading frames (ORFs). A region of 39 nt at the junction of the two ORFs is essential for frameshifting to occur. It has been shown to harbor two signals, one active on the level of the primary structure, termed the slippery sequence, and one component that forms a secondary or tertiary level structure, described as either a pseudoknot or a stem-loop motif. We have performed extensive site-directed mutagenesis of the frameshifting region and analyzed individual mutants for their ability to promote -1 frameshifting in vitro. Detailed comparison of our results with analogous mutants in the frameshifting region of the evolutionarily related beet western yellow virus, for which a crystal structure is available, unequivocally argues for the pseudoknot to be the structural motif necessary for the frameshifting function in PLRV transcripts. Mutations in PLRV that affect putative pseudoknot-specific tertiary-base interactions drastically affect frameshifting activity. In addition, a specific deletion mutant was identified that displayed PLRV wild-type frameshifting activity with only 22 nt available for pseudoknot formation.
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- Y G Kim
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA
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Kim YG, Joo HJ, Lee AY. Cutaneous entrapment of the shed cilium. Br J Dermatol 2000; 143:468-9. [PMID: 10951179 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03696.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Kim YG, Soriaga JB, Vigh G, Soriaga MP. Atom-Resolved EC-STM Studies of Anion Adsorption at Well-Defined Surfaces: Pd(111) in Sulfuric Acid Solution. J Colloid Interface Sci 2000; 227:505-509. [PMID: 10873339 DOI: 10.1006/jcis.2000.6889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The interfacial structure of well-defined Pd(111) single-crystal electrodes in 0.05 M H(2)SO(4) has been studied by electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (EC-STM) at potentials within the electrical double-layer region. Experiments with (virtually) atomically sharp STM tips yielded images of such quality that the intermolecular and intramolecular structures of the highly ordered compact layer could actually be resolved on an atomic scale. Fundamental concepts in inorganic chemistry have been invoked to postulate that SO(4)(2-), H(3)O(+), and H(2)O are the most likely constituents of the compact layer. A structural model of such a compact layer is presented. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
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- YG Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843
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Kim YG, Cho MK, Kwon JW, Kim SG, Lee MG. Effects of cysteine on the pharmacokinetics of intravenous adriamycin in rats with protein-calorie malnutrition. Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol 2000; 107:361-76. [PMID: 11589363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2023]
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In rats with protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM, 5% caseine diet for 4 weeks), hepatic cytochrome P450 levels suppressed markedly and cytochrome P450 mRNAs decreased significantly compared with those in control rats (23% caseine diet for 4 weeks), however, the values completely (or partially) returned to control levels by a week (from fourth week) of cysteine supplementation (rats with PCMC) (Cho, Kim et al., Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 1999, 372: 150-158). The formation of aglycone metabolites of adriamycin and adriamycinol, M3 and M4, respectively, seemed to be induced (Lee and Lee, Res. Commun. Mol. Pathol. Pharmacol. 1999, 105: 87-96) by pretreatment with dexamethasone (possibly by hepatic cytochrome P450 RL 33/cDEX, Komori and Oda, J. Biochem. 1994, 116: 114-120) in rats. Adriamycin, 16 mg/kg, was administered intravenously in 1-min to control rats and rats with PCM and PCMC. In rats with PCM, the plasma concentrations of adriamycin was higher (the area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to 12 hr, AUC(0-12 hr), tended to be higher) and 24-hr urinary excretion of M3 (including its 'conjugates') seemed to increase than those in control rats, suggested that the formation of M3 was inhibited in rats with PCM. In rats with PCMC, the plasma concentrations of adriamycin were lower (the AUC(0-12 hr) was significantly smaller) and 24-hr urinary excretion of M3 (including its 'conjugates') were significantly greater than those in rats with PCM, suggested that the formation of M3 increased significantly by cysteine supplementation by restoring the enzyme system(s) that metabolize adriamycin to M3. The altered pharmacokinetic parameters of adriamycin mentioned above in rats with PCM returned to greater than those of control rats after cysteine supplementation (rats with PCMC). Above data suggested that other hepatic cytochrome P450 isozyme(s) which catalyze(s) the formation of M3 from adriamycin could be induced by cysteine supplementation.
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- Y G Kim
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, South Korea
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- D M Ryu
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
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Kim GB, Kim YG, Kim SH, Park HG, Jew SS, Lee MG. Pharmacokinetics, skin absorption, stability, blood partition, and protein binding of AS 2-006A, a new wound healing agent. Biopharm Drug Dispos 2000; 21:113-9. [PMID: 11113884 DOI: 10.1002/1099-081x(200004)21:3<113::aid-bdd219>3.0.co;2-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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After intravenous administration of AS 2-006A, 20, 50, and 90 mg/kg, to rats, the pharmacokinetic parameters, terminal half-life (69.8-86. 6 min), mean residence time (56.2-75.2 min), apparent volume of distribution at steady state (809-1040 mL/kg), and total body clearance (11.4-11.9 mL/min/kg), were dose-independent. After topical application of 0.5 or 1% AS 2-006A ointment, 300 mg, to abraded rat skin, the absorbed amounts were dose (0.5 and 1%) and time (30, 60, 120, 240, 360 and 480 min)-independent; the value was approximately 20%. The tissue-to-plasma ratios of AS 2-006A were greater than unity in all rat tissues studied, except in the muscle and large intestine. AS 2-006A was stable for up to 24 h incubation in rat plasma, and human plasma and urine; however, it seemed not to be stable in rat urine; the disappearance rate constant was 0.0218/h. AS 2-006A reached equilibrium fast between plasma and blood cells, and the equilibrium plasma/blood cells partition ratios were independent of the initial rabbit blood concentrations of AS 2-006A, 10, 20, and 50 microg/mL; the mean values were in the range of 2.38-2.75 for three rabbit blood. The protein binding of AS 2-006A to rat plasma was high, as the drug was under detection limit in the filtrate at the plasma concentrations of the drug, ranging from 7.21 to 228 microg/mL.
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- G B Kim
- College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, San 56-1, Shinlim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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We have recently identified the first mammalian tRNA-specific adenosine deaminase human ADAT1, a member of the ADAR family of RNA editing enzymes. This protein is responsible for the first step of the unique A(37) to m(1)I(37) modification in eukaryotic tRNA(Ala). Here, we present the genomic structure of murine ADAT1 and the functional expression of mADAT1 cDNA. In mouse, as well as in human, ADAT1 is expressed from a single copy gene. The coding region of the mADAT1 gene is spread over nine exons, covering approximately 30kb of genomic DNA and encodes a protein of 499 amino acids. Overall, mADAT1 shares 81% nucleotide homology and 87.5% protein homology with the human ortholog. The recombinant mouse protein is active specifically and with a high efficiency on human tRNA(Ala) in vitro. Its genomic organization is compared to the structures of the sequence-related, pre-mRNA specific adenosine deaminases ADAR1 and ADAR2.
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- S Maas
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Y G Kim
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139 USA.
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BACKGROUND Ambulatory phlebectomy (AP) is a popular outpatient procedure for the removal of varicose veins. One of the major obstacles of AP is the disappearance and shift of the veins to be removed when the patient is positioned horizontally. OBJECTIVE We aimed to verify the usefulness of preoperative placement of intravenous cannulae. METHODS Forty-three vein segments of four consecutive patients with varicose veins were treated by AP with preoperative placement of intravenous cannulae. The procedures including anesthesia, incision, and exteriorization of the veins were performed with intravenous cannula in situ. We compared the courses of cannula and preoperative conventional marking of the veins. The time spent with extracting a vein was also compared with that spent with conventional procedure. RESULTS The preoperative cannulation provides excellent fixation of varicose veins to their original position, at least at the puncture sites. The disagreement of courses between cannula and preoperative conventional marking was noticed in 47.8% of the vein segments from the knees and thighs, and in 15% from the lower legs. The time spent for extracting a vein was reduced by more than half with our method. CONCLUSION Intravenous cannulation prior to AP is a simple procedure, but significantly improves the technique of AP by more accurately guiding the site of anesthesia and incision.
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- Y G Kim
- Department of Dermatology, Eulji Hospital, Eulji Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
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Kim YG, Bi W, Feliciano ES, Drake RR, Stambrook PJ. Ganciclovir-mediated cell killing and bystander effect is enhanced in cells with two copies of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene. Cancer Gene Ther 2000; 7:240-6. [PMID: 10770632 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cgt.7700113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Delivery and expression of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSVtk) gene in combination with the prodrug ganciclovir is currently being evaluated for the treatment of many types of cancer. After initial phosphorylation by HSVtk, cellular kinases generate the toxic triphosphate form of ganciclovir (GCV). To further define the role of GCV metabolism in cells expressing HSVtk, two human tumor cell lines, UMSCC29 and T98G, were transduced with HSVtk and screened for insertion of one or two copies of the viral transgene by Southern blot analysis. Both the relative capacities for incorporating labeled GCV and the levels of GCV metabolites were determined for each of the parental cell lines and their derivatives containing either one or two copies of the HSVtk gene. The efficiency of GCV killing and the magnitude of the bystander effect were compared for the single- and double-copy HSVtk cell lines. Consistently, cells that expressed two copies of HSVtk metabolized GCV more efficiently, were more sensitive to GCV, and demonstrated improved bystander killing relative to single-copy HSVtk cells. The implications of these results for future and current therapies employing HSVtk and GCV are discussed.
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- Y G Kim
- Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio 45267-0521, USA
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Lee AY, Yoo SH, Oh JG, Kim YG. 2 cases of allergic contact cheilitis from sodium lauryl sulfate in toothpaste. Contact Dermatitis 2000; 42:111. [PMID: 10703642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- A Y Lee
- Department of Dermatology, Eulji Hospital College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Lee N, Ahn B, Jung SB, Kim YG, Kim H, Park WJ. Conformation-dependent antibody response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa outer membrane proteins induced by immunization in humans. FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 2000; 27:79-85. [PMID: 10617794 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2000.tb01415.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of pathogenic bacteria have been used as protective antigens in developing bacterial vaccines. In the present study, we compared the antibody responses to a Pseudomonas aeruginosa OMP vaccine elicited in humans and rabbits by immunization. Immunization with the vaccine induced high titers of serum IgG antibody both in rabbits and humans but reactivities of the induced antibodies with the OMPs were different. The rabbit immune sera recognized most of the OMPs in the vaccine both in immunoblot and immunoprecipitation analyses. In contrast, a great variation in band pattern and intensity was observed among the human immune sera in immunoblot analysis, but not in immunoprecipitation analysis. Denaturation of the OMPs did not affect the binding activity of the rabbit immune sera as determined by ELISA, but substantially reduced those of the human immune sera and anti-OMP IgG purified from a pooled normal human plasma. These data suggest that antibody response to P. aeruginosa OMPs elicited by immunization in humans is mainly directed against discontinuous or conformation-dependent epitopes, which should be taken into account in developing vaccines, especially for OMP-derived synthetic peptides.
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- N Lee
- R and D Center of Bioscience, Institute of Science and Technology, Cheiljedang Corp., Ichon, Kyonggi, South Korea.
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Lee AY, Joo HJ, Oh JG, Kim YG. Allergic contact dermatitis from sodium fusidate with no underlying dermatosis. Contact Dermatitis 2000; 42:53. [PMID: 10644035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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- A Y Lee
- Department of Dermatology, Eulji Hospital College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Kim YG, Su L, Maas S, O'Neill A, Rich A. Specific mutations in a viral RNA pseudoknot drastically change ribosomal frameshifting efficiency. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:14234-9. [PMID: 10588689 PMCID: PMC24420 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.25.14234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Many viruses regulate protein synthesis by -1 ribosomal frameshifting using an RNA pseudoknot. Frameshifting is vital for viral reproduction. Using the information gained from the recent high-resolution crystal structure of the beet western yellow virus pseudoknot, a systematic mutational analysis has been carried out in vitro and in vivo. We find that specific nucleotide tertiary interactions at the junction between the two stems of the pseudoknot are crucial. A triplex is found between stem 1 and loop 2, and triplex interactions are required for frameshifting function. For some mutations, loss of one hydrogen bond is sufficient to abolish frameshifting. Furthermore, mutations near the 5' end of the pseudoknot can increase frameshifting by nearly 300%, possibly by modifying ribosomal contacts. It is likely that the selection of suitable mutations can thus allow viruses to adjust frameshifting efficiencies and thereby regulate protein synthesis in response to environmental change.
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- Y G Kim
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Hwang JH, Ahn JS, Kim SD, Lim JG, Kim YG, Kim KH, Park KC. The changes of serum soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 after systemic steroid treatment in vitiligo. J Dermatol Sci 1999; 22:11-6. [PMID: 10651224 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-1811(99)00035-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cell surface adhesion molecules are thought to play an important role in establishing intercellular contacts that are necessary for immunological reactions. Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1, CD54) is a crucial adhesion molecule in mediating cell to cell adhesion during inflammatory responses, including non-MHC-restricted cytotoxicity. In this study, the sICAM-1 levels of ten healthy control subjects and seven generalized active vitiligo patients were measured by ELISA. The sICAM-1 levels were also correlated with the clinical courses in 33 patients with active vitiligo, who received systemic steroid treatment for 3 months. The average serum level of sICAM-1 was significantly higher in patients with active vitiligo than in the healthy control subjects. The sICAM-1 levels significantly decreased after systemic steroid treatment in the clinically improved group. These results suggest that immune activation is involved in active vitiligo and that changes of sICAM-1 levels can be a marker in the course of vitiliginous lesions.
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- J H Hwang
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, South Korea
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